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# uniLoader
A simple secondary bootloader that is capable of loading Linux for Android and iOS based devices.
A secondary bootloader that is capable of loading the upstream Linux kernel for Android and iOS-based devices.</br></br>
The purpose behind it is to provide a small shim for avoiding vendor bootloader quirks.</br>
> (ex.: some newer Exynos phones leave decon framebuffer refreshing disabled right before jumping to kernel, which makes initial debugging efforts when bringing up the platform to upstream linux hard)</br>
The currently supported architectures are ARMV7 and AARCH64.</br>
## Preparation
1. Install a toolchain that matches your target architecture (ex. AArch64 cross-toolchain):
```sh
sudo apt install aarch64-linux-gnu
```
2. Clone the repository:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/ivoszbg/uniLoader
```
3. Navigate to the project directory:
```sh
cd uniLoader
```
4. Place your kernel and device tree blobs under the `blob/` directory.
### Make Syntax
```sh
make ARCH=<arch> CROSS_COMPILE=<toolchain>
```
### Building Example
```sh
sudo apt install aarch64-linux-gnu
git clone https://github.com/ivoszbg/uniLoader
cd uniLoader
cp /home/user/linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image blob/Image
cp /home/user/linux/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos8895-dreamlte.dtb blob/dtb
make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- -j4 dreamlte_defconfig
make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- -j4
```
### Usage
```sh
For Apple devices: Load the generated uniLoader binary via PongoOS.
For Android devices: Replace the Linux kernel in your boot.img with the uniLoader binary.
```
### TODO LIST
1. [C] Allow loading instead of PongoOS for Apple devices;
2. [C] Fix/replace the libc implementation;
3. [M] Implement a serial library and make the debug lib less hacky;
4. [M] Implement more features:
> New devices</br>
> Boot menu with countdown timer and selectable items via GPIO volume keys</br>
> Threaded execution
<h6>
[C] = Critical for overall ease of use and functionality</br>
[M] = Nice to have :)
</h6>
### License
# Building
1. Install aarch64-linux-gnu
2. ```git clone https://github.com/ivoszbg/uniLoader```
3. ```cd uniLoader```
4. Place your kernel and device tree blobs under blob/
5. ```make BOARD=(oem)-(board-codename) SOC=(device-soc)```<br />
# Building example
```sudo apt install aarch64-linux-gnu```<br />
```git clone https://github.com/ivoszbg/uniLoader```<br />
```cd uniLoader```<br />
```cp /home/user/linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image blob/Image```<br />
```cp /home/user/linux/arch/arm64/boot/dts/exynos/exynos8895-dreamlte.dtb blob/dtb```<br />
```make BOARD=samsung-dreamlte SOC=exynos8895```
# Usage
For Apple devices: Load the generated **uniLoader** binary via PongoOs (TODO: allow loading **instead** of PongoOs)<br /><br />
For Android devices: Replace the linux kernel in your *boot.img* with the **uniLoader** binary
# Credits
VDavid003 - for his sboot wrapper<br />
Quack723 - Contributor<br />
Ivoszbg - Making this huge mess of a bootloader
# License
This project is licensed under GPL2.